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Football. English Championship. 16th round. Stoke City - Wigan - 2:2, Tottenham - Wolverhampton - 0:1, Sunderland - Portsmouth - 1:1, Burnley - Fulham " -- 1:1, "Hull" -- "Blackburn" -- 0:0, "Chelsea" -- "Everton" -- 3:3, "Bolton" -- "Manchester City" -- 3:3, Birmingham - West Ham - 1:0, Manchester United - Aston Villa - 0:1, Liverpool - Arsenal - 1:2. The leaders are: Chelsea - 37 points, Manchester United - 34, Arsenal - 31, Aston Villa - 29.
Russian Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin scored the winning goal for his team in the match with Liverpool. The hosts closed the scoring at the end of the first half; at the beginning of the second half, their defender Glen Johnson cut the ball into his own goal, and in the 58th minute, Arshavin beat the author of the own goal and irresistibly shot into the top corner. With six goals, Andrei is among the top ten scorers in the championship. Toward the end of the match, Andrei received a warning and was replaced in the last seconds of the match. There were two super-scoring draws recorded in the round - 3:3. Chelsea forward Didier Drogba scored a brace at Stamford Bridge and leads the list of Premier League snipers with a dozen goals. The next round will take place today.
Italian Championship. 16th round. "Cagliari" - "Napoli" - 3:3, "Bari" - "Juventus" - 3:1, "Siena" - "Udinese" - 2:1, "Parma" - "Bologna" -- 2:1, Milan -- Palermo -- 0:2, Lazio -- Genoa -- 1:0, Chievo -- Fiorentina -- 2:1, Catania "- "Livorno" - 0:1, "Atalanta" - "Inter" - 1:1, "Sampdoria" - "Roma" - 0:0. Leading : Inter - 36, Milan - 31, Juventus - 30, Parma - 28.
Spanish Championship. 14th round. Zaragoza - Athletic - 1:2, Barcelona - Espanyol - 1:0, Valencia - Real Madrid - 2:3, Getafe - Tenerife -- 2:1, Racing -- Jerez -- 3:2, Almeria -- Deportivo -- 1:1, Valladolid -- Malaga -- 1:1, Osasuna "- "Mallorca" - 0:1, "Atlético" - "Villarreal" - 1:2, "Sporting" - "Sevilla" - 0:1. The leaders are: Barcelona - 39 (15 matches), Real Madrid - 34 (14), Sevilla - 30 (14), Valencia - 28 (14).
German Championship. 16th round. Hertha - Bayer - 2:2, Nuremberg - Hamburg - 0:4, Freiburg - Cologne - 0:0, Borussia M - Hannover " -- 5:3, "Bochum" -- "Bayern" -- 1:5, "Hoffenheim" -- "Eintracht" -- 1:1, "Werder" -- "Schalke" -- 0:2, " Mainz - Stuttgart - 1:1, Wolfsburg - Borussia D - 1:3. Leading : Bayer - 32, Schalke - 31, Bayern - 30.
French Championship. 17th round. “Nancy” – “Rennes” – 1:2, “Marseille” – “Boulogne” – 2:0, “Lens” – “Nice” – 2:0, “Le Mans” – “ Valenciennes - 2:1, Lorient - Auxerre - 0:0, Toulouse - Montpellier - 0:1, Sochaux - Grenoble - 1:0, Paris Saint-Germain - Saint-Etienne - 3:0, Monaco - Lille - 0:4, Lyon - Bordeaux - 0:1. Leading: Bordeaux - 34 (16), Montpellier - 30 (15), Marseille - 28 (15), Lille - 28 (17).
James scored 44 points for Cleveland
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “Toronto” – “Houston” – 101:88, “Miami” – “Memphis” – 90:118, “Clippers” – “San Antonio” – 90:115, “Atlanta” – “ New Jersey - 130:107, Oklahoma - Cleveland - 89:102.
The best scorer of the game day was Cleveland leader LeBron James, who scored 44 points. At the same time, he converted five out of eight long-range shots. LeBron also has six assists. Memphis forward Rudy Gay (41) also surpassed the grandmaster mark of 40 points. Atlanta won the fourth game in a row, and seven members of the Hawks roster had double-digit results in the “performance” column. San Antonio beat the Clippers for the 13th time in a row.
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Chicago” – “Tampa Bay” – 4:0, “Colorado” – “Calgary” – 3:2.
Mercedes promises Schumacher a super contract
The seven-time world champion in Formula 1 racing, German Michael Schumacher, has reached an agreement with the new Mercedes Grand Prix team and should receive 20 million pounds sterling ($32.4 million at the current exchange rate) next season. The British edition of the Daily Mirror reports this.
The Mercedes team was created on the basis of Brawn, which won the Constructors' Championship this year. It was previously reported that Schumacher, who has defended the colors of Ferrari since 1996, was not averse to returning to the Royal Races and driving for Mercedes, but then he was promised an amount four times less than what appears now. Michael, who will turn 41 in January, won the drivers' championship for the seventh time in the 2004 season, and in the fall of 2006 announced his retirement from Formula 1. Schumacher's return was supposed to take place this summer; he was called upon to replace the injured Felipe Massa at Ferrari and conducted the first test runs at the Mugello circuit (Italy). However, due to the consequences of a neck injury received in February during a motorcycle fall, the return of the “Red Baron” was postponed.
The best KHL players of the week have been named
The Kontinental Hockey League has determined the best players of the 13th week of the regular season. The strongest goalkeeper was recognized as the guardian of the capital's "Dynamo" goal, Vitaly Eremeev, who kept three clean sheets out of four matches played. His dry streak lasts for almost three and a half hours of pure playing time. Vitaly Atyushov from Metallurg Magnitogorsk was recognized as the best defender. The team won three victories, the player’s utility score for the week was “+5”. Dynamo Riga forward Mikelis Redlihs became the best among the players in this ampoule. The Latvian scored three goals and made three assists in four matches. Among the newcomers, the winner was the capital's Dynamo striker Alexander Avtsin, born in 1991.
Russian swimmers are second in the overall standings
At the European Short Course Championships that ended in Istanbul, Russian swimmers won 21 awards - eight gold, five silver and eight bronze. This result allowed them to rise to second place in the overall team standings, behind only the team from Holland with 14 medals (10--3--1).
The Russians also have four world achievements, including the result shown in the 100 m backstroke - 48.97. Two swimmers - Arkady Vyatchanin and Stanislav Donets - finished at the same time with a new world record.
Before the New Year, Vyatchanin and Donets will perform in St. Petersburg at the Vladimir Salnikov Cup. About 250 Russian and foreign swimmers will take part in the competition. This will be the last tournament where swimsuits can be used.